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    Sale 5573

    Islamic Costume and Textiles

    London, South Kensington

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    29 April 2005

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    • A ceremonial sarong, (croe tap
    Lot 139

    A ceremonial sarong, (croe tapis), the ground of striped brown, red, yellow and blue cotton worked with bands of couched gilt thread embroidery--50 x 42in. (127 x 106.5cm.), Sumatra, circa 1900

    Price realised

    GBP 780

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 5,000

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    A ceremonial sarong, (croe tapis), the ground of striped brown, red, yellow and blue cotton worked with bands of couched gilt thread embroidery--50 x 42in. (127 x 106.5cm.), Sumatra, circa 1900

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    Lot Essay

    cf Splendid Symbols, the Washington Textile Museum, 1979, plate 47

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